"I was delighted that the club stayed up but it was disappointing to miss the last few games.

"It's difficult for anyone when you see a player come in and take your position and it was no different for me when Maik came in, but these things happen in football and it's a question of how you bounce back.

"Looking back on the season as a whole I played a lot of games but the way it finished, I suppose it wasn't one of my better seasons."